What is the meaning of the Parable of the Prodigal Son?
” Answer: The Parable of the Prodigal Son is found in Luke chapter 15, verses 11-32. The main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of God. In telling the story Jesus identifies Himself with God in His loving attitude to the lost. The younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, Luke 15:1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the Pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, Luke 15:2). The major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of Luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the Father. The main difference being that the owner went out to look for what was lost in the first two (Luke 15:1-10), whereas in this story the father waited and watched eagerly for his son’s return. We see a progression between the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundr
